Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of the Royal Military Police and British civilian policemen train members of the Iraq Police (emergency police battalion) at Shaibah Regional Training Centre.
Description: I. Merlin helicopter in flight: shots of door gunner and landscape below. Helicopter (JZ128) on tarmac: it takes off.
II. Members of the British civilian police meet their Iraqi counterparts as they assemble for the training. (Some shaky scenes.)
III. Interview with Donald Cameron, a retired UK police officer who is acting as one of the instructors (including the searching of cars and the detaining of suspects.
IV. Training in the setting up of snap vehicle checkpoints.
V. Interview with Corporal Christopher William Campbell, 115 Provost Company Royal Military Police.
VI. House clearance training - storming a house, releasing hostages and arresting suspects (includes cutaway of Captain Lorna Ward of Media Ops interviewing British police officer). Shaky shots as the cameraman moves (he is not filming anything specific.) Cutaway shots of Kelvin Ship, Training Adviser of the UK Police Mission, talking with Iraqis. Iraqi soldiers pose for photograph with member of the Royal Military Police
VII. Interview with Michael Robbins, one of the British police trainers about the house entry training.
VIII. Interview with Kelvin Ship, discussing the course and the setting up of the Emergency Battalion of the Iraqi Police; he notes that several of the police are being trained, in their turn, to become trainers.
IX. Further views of house clearance training: house is stormed. This is followed by a group shot of Iraqi and British Police and training team.
X. Interview with Corporal Derek Muir, 115 Provost Company Royal Military Police.
XI. Iraqi Police on parade.
XII. Interview with the Iraqi Chief of Police Training (in Arabic, translated).
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1054
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-11-20
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Holmes, Andy (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police, 115 Company (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
Keywords: Shaibah, Iraq (geography)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
